The Windows Home Server is almost there, readies for final version of fix

After months of little word on a fix regarding Microsoft's
Home Server 2007, which corrupted a variety of files due to unfortunate
problems in the underlying system architecture, DailyTech finally
brought news of some good tidings from Microsoft -- a beta
version of the patch was available.

Microsoft encourages users to back up all their files before using them in Home
Server, even with the fix. Microsoft states, "While internal testing
so far indicates that we have fixed the data corruption bug in the beta
release, the whole point of a beta test is to validate internal testing. This
means there is a risk that our internal tests have not detected all issues. As
a beta tester it is your responsibility to ensure that your data is backed up
and protected before you install the beta."

New version Home Server can automatically get the fix through Microsoft Connect
upon startup. Whether it is a new machine or an old one, the system must
be up to date with all Windows Updates in order to install. Microsoft
recommends turning on Customer Experience Improvement, as they state,
"[this information] is invaluable in helping us understand how we are
doing against our testing goals."

Sounds good, now you just need another dozen additional apps loaded on Linux to cover all the other features of WHS. And then someone's got to write the single unified GUI that is used to manage all those apps. Have fun!

Just because something is in WHS, doesn't mean most people want or need that feature. The goal is not making something as much like whs as possible, it's getting the core goal accomplished. Let's leave out a few features like, umm, file corruption.

Do you dare consider that whs doesn't have some features linux does? Of course not because you always have an illogical windows bias.

Well, the point is that Microsoft obviously did research as to the desired features for that market. And also most of the reviews and anecdotes I've seen on WHS around the web are pretty positive. The two are probably related. What's illogical about that?

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